Italy remembers Costa Concordia victims
It has been one year since the Costa Concordia cruise liner ran aground off the coast of Italy. Italians held memorial services on Sunday for the 32 people killed in the accident off the island of...
View ArticleDubai police add Lamborghini to fleet
Dubai Police has added a Lamborghini Aventador to its fleet, the force announced on its Twitter feed. On Wednesday, the official DubaiPoliceHQ feed posted a photo of its latest purchase driving...
View ArticleThe Palestinians' last option: A struggle for equal rights
Once upon a time, Palestine was the Arab world's unifying cause. Justice for the Palestinians was considered a basic pre-requisite for regional stability and peace, and it was an idea that had global...
View ArticleLibyans struggle to secure volatile east
Restoring law and order in Libya after the death of Muammar Gaddafi is proving a difficult challenge, particularly in the east. Benghazi has seen some of the worst violence since Gaddafi's death in...
View ArticleThe offline effect of online activism in Russia
There are times when you think that everything is hopeless and your country is going to hell. You lose faith in social activism and non-violent protesting. You think that the regime will always win...
View ArticleSpain to decide fate of banks in two weeks
Spain will decide how to fill an $100bn gap in the country's bank finances within two weeks, the country's finance minister has said. In Brussels for talks on Wednesday, Luis De Guindos said that...
View ArticleMass grave uncovered in Israel's Jaffa
The remains of around 200 bodies have been found in an unmarked mass grave in the coastal Israeli town of Jaffa. Forensic experts have taken some of the remains for examination. But Palestinians who...
View ArticleFenerbahce return to corruption spotlight
Fenerbahce faces a second expulsion from the Champions League within three seasons after the Turkish giant and five of its club officials were charged by UEFA in a long-running match-fixing case. UEFA...
View ArticleRudisha's rush against the clock
Kenya's Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha is facing a three-week layoff with injury, sending the east African nation into panic mode and sparking fears over Rudisha's challenge at the world...
View ArticleReport documents 'Rohingya persecution'
[Photos: Greg Constantine] Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New...
View ArticleBollywood lights struggle to reach Kashmir
India is celebrating 100 years of Bollywood. The billion dollar cinema industry attracts a global audience even if some people do not understand the language. But as Sohail Rahman reports, there is...
View ArticleMandela hailed by US leaders on birthday
US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, paid tribute to South African ex-president Nelson Mandela ahead of his 94th birthday, as having "abiding humility" and "unbreakable will". "On...
View ArticleSocceroos bounce towards World Cup
Australia's chances of qualifying for a third consecutive World Cup look considerably brighter after a comprehensive 4-0 home win over Jordan in Asian qualifying on Tuesday. Midfielder Robbie Kruse...
View ArticleEnd the Snowden circus now
I find the discourse surrounding the Snowden Affair bewildering. The latest reports suggest that the United States is using maximum political leverage, including coercive diplomacy, to discourage...
View ArticleIslam in Dubai: It's not just for Arabs
Friday prayers in Dubai offer an opportunity which must be approached strategically. There on time? Sure, you might find parking, of a kind that would be illegal on any other day of the week, but then...
View ArticleLiving in denial: US policy & Egypts military coup
Living in denial never ends well, and failure to recognise Egypt’s military coup will prove counter productive for both Egyptians and Western policymakers. The US is hard pressed to recognise the...
View ArticleUK in bid to curb binge-drinking
The UK government has unveiled plans for a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales as part of a drive to tackle binge-drinking. Prime Minister David Cameron's cabinet recommends a minimum price...
View ArticleOwen pulls curtain on football career
Former England striker Michael Owen announced on Tuesday that he will retire from professional football at the end of the current season. "It is with an immense amount of pride that I am announcing my...
View ArticleSwimming boss not happy with Tom Daley
British teenage diving sensation Tom Daley has once again been told to spend more time training and reduce his broadcast and commercial commitments in a bid to win a maiden Olympic gold medal. Daley...
View ArticleDeadly fighting in DRC despite peace deal
More violence is feared amid fighting between two factions of the M23 rebel group, less than a week after leaders from Africa's Great Lakes region signed a deal to bring stability to the war-torn...
View ArticleItaly: Ease nationality obstacles for immigrants
Italy may not have a government yet, but its newly elected Parliament is organising its calendar. Among the bills now before the Legislative Assembly for approval is a reform to the citizenship law....
View ArticleAid urged for Syrian refugees
Representatives from more than 60 countries will meet in Kuwait for a conference on the humanitarian crisis in Syria. The United Nations estimates that more than 700,000 refugees have fled to...
View ArticleAustralia takes axe to swimming funding
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) has taken the razor to the country's elite swimming programme in the wake of the Olympic team's flop at the London Games and a number of scathing reports into...
View ArticleConcerns over UN peacekeepers entering DRC
A group of non-profit organisations expresses concern over a special UN intervention force being sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations has told Al Jazeera the brigade of around...
View ArticleUS-Mexico border security beefed up
A major overhaul of US immigration law is making its way through Congress this week. It calls for a huge increase in security along the Mexican border, as a pre-condition to legalising an estimated 11...
View ArticleKingpin arrest will mean more violence in Mexico
The Mexican government scored a public relations coup when it bloodlessly captured Zeta leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales on Monday. But the long-term effects of the capture of the 40-year old man...
View ArticleJapan's ANA resumes Dreamliner flights
Japanese airline giant All Nippon Airways (ANA) has carried out its first domestic flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet after languishing on the ground for more than four months. ANA had bought 17...
View ArticleIndian sisters attacked with acid
An acid attack has left four sisters in north India with burns in a particularly brutal example of what is a growing problem in South Asia, according to police. The youngest sister, 19, was admitted...
View ArticleCall for global action to tackle Malaria
Countries around the world need to do more to fight the spread of malaria, according a new report by the World Health Organisation [WHO]. The report says countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast...
View ArticleEurope emerges from the peace process dark age
Well, it’s finally happened. The European Union, Israel’s largest trading partner, has finally moved to leverage that relationship in the interest of changing Israel’s colonial behaviour. News broke...
View ArticleKenya calls on UN to drop Kenyatta trials
Kenya has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto. "What this delegation...
View ArticleLeading Kremlin critic on trial in Russia
One of Russia's main opposition figures has gone on trial, accused of fraud. Alexei Navalny played a key role in protests against President Vladimir Putin last year. Navalny has said the charges are...
View ArticleRussians rally for release of protesters
Thousands of people have been marching through the Russian capital, Moscow, to demonstrate their opposition to President Vladimir Putin. They are also demanding the release of those held since last...
View ArticleHerbal remedies 'hurt' Nigeria malaria fight
Malaria accounts for 30 percent of childhood deaths in Nigeria. It is one of the highest figures in Africa. Yet despite efforts to tackle the disease, huge challenges remain. Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris...
View ArticleProstitution on the rise in crisis-hit Spain
Spain's government has made wide-ranging spending and job cuts in lieu of the bailout package it recieved from European Union in order to avoid bankruptcy. The austerity measures have not helped the...
View ArticleFighting new Nakba in the Negev
From the refugees in 1949 looking over the Lebanese border at the land from which they were expelled, to the students in the Gaza banned by the Israeli Supreme Court from studying in the West Bank,...
View ArticleUnemployment in Greece at 27 percent
Latest figures show that 27 percent of Greece's workforce are unemployed, with youth unemployment reaching 62 percent, the highest in the European Union. The conservative government says it is...
View ArticleCould the Pakistani government have hidden Bin Laden?
The revelation that a regarding Osama bin Laden had leaked to the media immediately brought to mind salacious and popularly held suspicions about the country’s complicity in harbouring the infamous...
View ArticleNew Guantanamo policy: Genital "pat down"
A new policy has been implemented at Guantanamo that calls for prisoners to submit to a “pat down” of their genitals and buttocks when they leave the detention camps to meet with their lawyers and...
View ArticleICC postpones Kenyatta war crimes trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has postponed the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's war crimes trial in connection with deadly post-election violence in 2007-08. "Today, the Trial Chamber......
View ArticleSodaStream: Building walls, not bridges
The Israeli beverage company SodaStream is rapidly gaining a foothold in US markets. Its brand recognition is rising steadily, and given a series of recent partnership agreements it is likely that...
View ArticleVigilantes battle Mexico's 'Knights Templars'
Mexican soldiers have been deployed to the western state of Michoacan as part of a crackdown on the Knights Templar, one of the country's most powerful cartels. But local vigilantes have already...
View ArticleSifting through the ashes for art
Forensic scientists in Romania are investigating what might be the charred remains of seven masterpieces stolen from a Dutch art gallery. The mother of one of the suspected thieves claims she burnt...
View ArticleAfrican Union backs Kenyatta trial in Kenya
African Union leaders have backed a request from Kenya to have its president tried at home, rather than by the International Criminal Court. Uhuru Kenyatta was indicted for his alleged role in...
View ArticleSocceroos face do-or-die clash
Australia will take on Iraq in a crucial world cup qualifier in Sydney on Tuesday. Iraq can’t qualify for Brazil but the match is crucial for Australia. If they win, they’ll go to the main competition...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds find safe haven in Iraq
The number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria continues to rise. Iraq's central government has closed its borders to most refugees but the Kurdish region has welcomed 90 percent of those seeking...
View ArticleThe Egyptian coup and the fate of political Islam
In his, Dictionary of Political Thought, the noted political philosopher, Roger Scruton, defines a coup d’etat as "a change in government by force resulting in a change of constitution, and brought...
View ArticleKurds increasingly entangled in Syrian war
Fighters belonging to the Kurdish minority in Syria are increasingly becoming caught up in the conflict. One group, The Kurdish Popular Protection Force, is battling the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the...
View ArticleWill Europe produce Israeli-Palestinian peace?
On July 16, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on the publication of a binding European Union directive, to be effective from January 1, 2014, which a senior Israeli official described as an...
View ArticleBin Ladens killing: national sovereignty as notional fraud
A preliminary reading of Pakistan’s Abbottabad Commission (PAC) instituted to ascertain the May 2011 incident in which the US conducted a covert military operation to kill Osama bin Laden. The PAC...
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